“The canyoning festival was held in Nelson Lakes over four days, which I was lucky enough to be able to attend two of them. I arrived just after 8am on Saturday morning to find everyone gathered in a group at the local town hall in St Arnold. As I listened to the introductions given by the organisers I quickly realised this way of canyoning was going to be very different to the commercial trips I had been on. Instructions were given to us that we as individuals were responsible for ourselves and even though we would have ‘trip leaders’ it was up to us to ensure our own safety. This filled me with a little fear and a huge amount of excitement.

Our Nelson and Tasman region was in much need of some rain and when it finally came it meant the water levels were too high to run a trip through the Torrent River. However, this didn’t stop the boys from going canyoning! They used this day to do some white water training.

We have been pretty busy with all this amazing summer weather in the Abel Tasman! Everyone, including our guides, have been loving it! We have compiled another video of some of the awesome highlights from our trips. Enjoy! Chuuur!
(to watch the video click the image below to take you to our YouTube page)

This amazing woman, Lee came canyoning with us and wrote about it on her blog page befreewithlee.com. She states “Canyoning in the Abel Tasman National Park was one of the best experiences of my life. I really hope you get the chance to experience this epic trip while travelling through the Nelson region, as it is such a wonderful, soul strengthening activity!” Her journey is an inspiration to us as she writes about her own experience suffering with mental health issues.

She says she felt after her canyoning adventure “(I felt) alive, exhilarated, empowered and like I really could do anything. I also felt like I wanted to be a canyon guide afterwards lol. It was such a magical experience being able to push my limits”.

We are so proud of her for stepping out of her comfort zone, exploring something completely new and loving it!!

Whooo hooo Abel Tasman Canyons got a mention by MTV.com as one of the top 12 adventures that adrenaline junkies need to experience in New Zealand’s South Island. Chuuur guys! Click HERE to read the article and take a look at the other 11 epic adventures listed.

We are so proud of our youngest guide Oscar Hadley featuring in The Guardian. Click the link below to read the full article online and learn about his journey as a local boy from Motueka High School to becoming a fully trained canyoning guide.

We recently met with Warren Gamble from The Nelson Mail for an in-depth interview to find out how we got into canyoning growing up in a country without any mountains, let alone canyons. Warren ended up writing this amazing article. Click below to read the article featured on Stuff.

The exposure we are getting from the Awards is exceeding our expectations. Here is another fantastic write up on the award and our business. Many thanks to the team at Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce and all the sponsors.